Shadi introduces us to his group, Trilogy. Their mixtape, ‘Depth’ was released this week. I recommend giving this a listen. Any group of people who promise to bring depth to a genre of music is worth it. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

Everyone, meet Brad Beasley. This 15 year old emcee is intent on making a proper arrival to hip hop with his new mixtape. Well, RapRise is a good place to start. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

Did you know that anything is possible? Watts, Drew Willz and Robin BanX did, when they formed the Any Thing’s Possible Music Group. ATP brought us a video of their most recent performance. Watch as these guys hype the crowd with their song “Up And Down”. Love that energy.

Spit Ink and M.O.E. released their ‘Lethal & Deadly’ mixtape today. I recommend giving this a listen, but judging by the name of this ‘tape, I also recommend listening with caution. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

What’s Your Name?

Who are you? Really. Ask yourself that. The first step to making a presence is knowing who you are. The one thing that should always be consistent throughout your brand, (yes, you are a brand), is your name. Occasional name changes aside, your name always be the same. But when upcoming rapper, let’s call him “Kid Magic”, releases new music and his YouTube account calls him “K.I.D. Magic”, song title calls him “KidMagic”, Twitter calls him “Kiidd Magic”, and so on and so forth, how are his fans supposed to connect to his brand?
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